Range finder for golf clubs



L. A. BAUGH RANGE FINDER FOR GOLF CLUBS Oct. 6, 1925.

' new Patented ct, 1925.

- STATES LUTHER A. BAUGH, or GARDEN CITY, KANSAS.

RANGE FINDER FOR GOLF CLUBS.

Application filed June 7, 1924. Serial No. 718,676.

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that, I, LUTHER A. BAUGH,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Garden City, in the countyof Finney and 5 State of Kansas, have invented a new and.

useful Range Finder for Golf Clubs, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for golf clubs known as putters,and aims to provide novel means to facilitate persons unfamiliar withthe use of putters, to attain the proper swing and stance necessary fora true and accurate play.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which will permit the user, in practice to properly sight theball with respect to the club and cup.

A further important object of the invention is to provide means toinsure the proper pendulum swing, necessary for accurate playing, whileputting.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevational viewof a putter disclosing an attachmentconstructed in accordance with the invention as positioned thereon.

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the device includes a body portion 5having a removable rear wall 6 arranged at an oblique angle with respectto the bottom of the body portion where the same supports the member 7formedof suitable reflecting material. I

The front portion of the body 5 is closed by the lens 8 which is fittedin a suitable recessed portion formed in the front wall of the body 5and held in position by means of the movable frame 9 which is held inposition by screws 10.

Hair lines 11 are formed on the lens 8 the hair lines being arranged sothat they cross each other at a oint substantially centrally of the lens8. he 11 per wall of the body portion is formed with an opening which isclosed by means of the lens 12 which is fitted in a suitable recessedportion formed adjacent to the opening and held in position by means ofthe movable frame 13.

This lens 12 is also provided with hair lines 14 that cross each otherat a point centrally of the lens and which in use are adapted to alignwith the'hair lines 14 of the lens 8 that are reflected in the fnirror7.

Suitable openings are provided in the body portion 5 and are designed toaccommodate the upwardly extended fingers 15 which are secured to theupper surface of the putter in such a manner that when the 7 bodyportion is ositioned, the body portion will be held in irect parallelrelation with the ground surface over which the putter is nlioyed, toinsure a proper swinging of the c u In the use of the device, the putteris positioned in front of a ball to be played, and the club moved untilthe reflection in the mirror 7 of the hair lines 11, coincide with.

the reflection of the hair lines 14 of the lens 12. When the reflectionsof these hair lines register, the club is heldin the proper position,and if the person using the club swings the club so that the reflectionsfrom the hair lines coincide during the entire movement of the club tothe rear, the swing will be accurate for a perfect shot.

I claim 1. A finder for use with golf clubs, comprising a body portion,said body portion having a lens forming its front wall, the lens havinghair-lines formed thereon, a reflector disposed at an oblique angle withrespect to the up r surface of the body, and a lens having air-lines,positioned in the upper surface of the body, the first mentioned lensbeing dis osed at a point adjacent to the striking ace of the club.

2. A- finder for use with golf clubs, comprising a bod portion; saidbody portion having vertica openings, upwardly extended fingers mountedon the club head and wall of the body and said body portion adapted toextend into the openings to readapted to be supported in parallelrelation 1 movably support the body portion, lenses with the groundsurface over which the club forming portions of the front and upper isbeing moved.

walls of the body portion, said lenses hav- In testimony that I claimthe foregoing ing hair-lines, a reflector within the body as my own, Ihave hereto aflixed my slgna portion adapted to'redect the hair-lines ofture. the front lens through the lens of the upper LUTHER A. BAUGH.

